晚期食管癌常因管腔狭窄，造成患者明显吞咽困难，严重影响了患者的生活质量和病程。我院自1997年始．应用镍钛合金支架，治疗晚期食管癌，患者吞咽困难明显缓解，实践证明食管支架成形术，是晚期食管癌姑息治疗中简单有效的方法，现报告如下：临床资料10例晚期食管癌，7男3女 Advanced esophageal cancer is often due to stenosis of the lumen, causing significant dysphagia in patients, which seriously affects the quality of life and the course of the disease. Our institute started in 1997. The use of nickel-titanium alloy stents in the treatment of advanced esophageal cancer, patients with significant relief of dysphagia, practice shows that esophageal stent angioplasty is a simple and effective method for the treatment of advanced esophageal palliative, are reported as follows: Clinical data 10 cases of advanced esophageal cancer, 7 males 3 women